Program Overview

Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering

Programme Overview

The Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering is a 2-year program that provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary to become technological innovation managers. The program is designed to equip students with the competences established by Spanish Order CIN/311/2009, of 9 February 2009, and qualification as an industrial engineer under a regulated activity in Spain.

Admissions and Enrolment

• Online pre-registration
• Admission confirmation
• Pre-enrolment
• Enrolment
• Supplementary Training

Curriculum

The curriculum is divided into five modules:

MODULE 1: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES

• Thermal and Fluid Engineering (6 credits)
• Integrated Manufacturing Systems (3 credits)
• Mechatronics and Robotics (6 credits)
• Industrial Automation and Control (6 credits)
• Electrical Technology (3 credits)
• Energy Technology (3 credits)
• Industrial Chemistry (3 credits)

MODULE 2: MANAGEMENT

• Operations Management (6 credits)
• Project Management (3 credits)
• Business Management (6 credits)

MODULE 3: FACILITIES, PLANTS, AND COMPLEMENTARY CONSTRUCTIONS

• Industrial Structures and Constructions (6 credits)
• Industrial Installations (6 credits)
• Transportation Engineering (3 credits)

MODULE 4: ELECTIVES

• Industrial Artificial Intelligence (6 credits)
• Industry 5.0 (6 credits)
• Generation and Transport of Electric Energy (6 credits)
• Industrial Design Engineering (6 credits)
• Analysis and Simulation in Engineering (6 credits)
• Industry-based Projects (9 credits)
• Fluid Dynamics (3 credits)
• Sustainable Engineering (6 credits)
• Process Simulation, Optimization, and Control (6 credits)
• Circular Economy and Sustainability (3 credits)
• Energy in Circular Processes (3 credits)
• Cycle of Resources (6 credits)
• Life Cycle Assessment (3 credits)
• Industrial Eco-design (3 credits)
• Sustainable Finance and ESG (3 credits)
• Sustainable Business Models & Product Development (3 credits)
• Financial Statement Planning (3 credits)
• Innovation Management (3 credits)
• Cost Analysis for Decision Making (4.5 credits)
• Strategic Analysis and Planning (4.5 credits)
• Business Law (4.5 credits)
• Advanced Materials (6 credits)
• Materials Characterization (6 credits)
• Nano and Biomaterials (6 credits)
• Practicum (6 credits)
• Practicum (12 credits)
• International Exchange (30 credits)

MODULE 5: MASTER THESIS

• Master Thesis (30 credits)

Tracks

• Track 1: Intended for students who have completed the Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering (Profile A according to the Industrial Technical Engineering and Industrial Engineering Directors Conferences document) who want to further enhance their skills related to research, development, and innovation.
• Track 2: Students who have completed the Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering (Profile A according to the Industrial Technical Engineering and Industrial Engineering Directors Conferences document) who want to further their skills related to the exercise of the Industrial Engineering profession through internships within companies or centres that are active in the field of Industrial Engineering.
• Track 3: This track allows students who have completed a degree related to engineering and partially comply with the requirements of Spanish Ministerial Order CIN/311/2009, of 9 February (Profile B according to the document approved by the Industrial Technical Engineering and Industrial Engineering Directors Conferences), and students who have completed a bachelor’s degree and who, in order to comply with the requirements of Spanish Ministerial Order CIN/311/2009, of 9 February, must take complementary courses within and beyond the master’s degree (Profile C according to the document approved by the Industrial Technical Engineering and Industrial Engineering Directors Conferences).

Career Opportunities

• Company departments
• Management of functional areas
• Services sector
• Industrial sector
• Infrastructure sector
• Research area
• Regional, Spanish, and European government
• Teaching

In-Company Internship

With the Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, you can conduct optional internships in research centres or paid internships in companies in the sector between your second and third semesters.

Faculty

• Adrià Biosca Mecias
• Albert Fornells Herrera, PhD
• Andrés García Granada, PhD
• Antoni Olivé Tomàs, PhD
• Carles Holguín Ayerbe
• Carles Colominas Guardia, PhD
• Daniel Vázquez Vázquez, PhD
• Francesc Prior Sanz, PhD
• Giovanni Gómez Gras, PhD
• Giovanni Dalmasso, PhD
• Guillermo Reyes Pozo, PhD
• Horacio Rostro González, PhD
• Ibuki Kusano, PhD
• Javier Fernández García, PhD
• Joaquim Menacho Solà-Morales, PhD
• Josep Maria Puigoriol Forcada, PhD
• Josep Oriol Pou Ibar, PhD
• Manuel Abad Roldán, PhD
• Marco Antonio Pérez Martínez, PhD
• Meritxell Sáez Cornellana, PhD
• Michael Bruyns-Haylett, PhD
• Núria Llaverias Baqués
• Pedro Palacín Farré, PhD
• Rafael González Olmos, PhD
• Raúl Calvo Serrano, PhD
• Robert Texidó Bartés, PhD
• Sauro José Yagüe Yagüe
• Toni Laserna García
• Xavier Berzosa Rodríguez, PhD
• Xavier Casanovas Combalia, PhD
• Yeray Asensio Ramírez, PhD

Quality and Accreditations

• VSMA Report and Statements
• Internal Quality Guarantee System Manual (SGIC)
• Degree Report
• Degree review reports produced by AQU Catalunya
• Degree Monitoring Report (IST)
• Program Educational Objectives and Outcomes